(This is) the burden against Tyre : Wail , O ships of Tarshish , for (Tyre) is laid waste , without house (or) harbor. Word has reached from the land of Cyprus.
Be silent , O dwellers of the coastland , you merchants of Sidon , whose traders have crossed the sea.
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor ; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre ; she was the merchant of the nations.
Be ashamed , O Sidon , the stronghold of the sea , for the sea ... has spoken : “ I have not been in labor or given birth .... I have not raised young men or brought up young women. ”
When the report (reaches) Egypt , they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
Cross over to Tarshish ; wail , O inhabitants of the coastland !
Is this jubilant city , whose origin is from antiquity ... , whose feet have taken her to settle far away ?
Who planned this against Tyre , the bestower of crowns , whose traders are princes , whose merchants are renowned on the earth ?
The LORD of Hosts planned it , to defile all its glorious beauty , to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Cultivate your land like the Nile , O Daughter of Tarshish ; there is no longer a harbor.
(The LORD) has stretched out His hand over the sea ; He has made kingdoms tremble. (He) has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
He said , “ You shall rejoice no more ... , O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus — even there you will find no rest
Look at the land of the Chaldeans — a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures ; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
Wail , O ships of Tarshish , for your harbor has been destroyed !
- At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years — the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years , it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot :
“ Take up your harp , stroll through the city , O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody , sing many a song , ... so you will be remembered. ”
And at the end of seventy years , the LORD - will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms - on the face of the earth.
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD ; they will not be stored ... or saved , for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD , for abundant food and fine clothing.